1. Section 2-3 Review: “Heat Transfer, The Water Cycle, and Wind

2. Nerf Basketball: Teacher Vs. Ladies/Men
Rules of the game:
Ladies will be on one side of the room, and men will be on the other side of the room. Ladies will be able to pick the first question.
Ladies will pick a random number from The question will be answered within 30 seconds.
If the question is answered correctly, the lady/man will be able to shoot up to three shots (depending on the question).
If the lady/man answers the question wrong, the teacher gets the chance to steal the question from the team.
The teacher will be able to shoot only one shot, no mater whoever gets the question right!
Winners will receive an extra 5 points on the quiz, while the non-winners receive 1 point.
If the student’s beat the teacher, then the teacher will choose a representative to pie me in the face :*(

3. Question 1
The three ways that energy can be transferred through the Earth’s atmosphere are __________________________?
A.) Conduction, Convection, Radiation
B.) Conduction, Heat Energy, Radiation
C.) Conduction, Convection, Advection
D.) Convection, Advection, Radiation

4. Question 2
Direct heat transfer of heat energy from one substance to another (usually solids) is called ______________________?
A.) Convection
B.) Radiation
C.) Advection
D.) Conduction

5. Question 3
An example of conduction within nature would be ____________________________?
A.) The Earth’s crust absorbs UV Radiation from the sun
B.) The Earth’s atmosphere heats up due to volcanic activity
C.) A frying pan dipped in hot oil
D.) None of these

6. Question 4 (Double Shot)
______________________ Energy is produced by incoming shortwave radiation from the sun?
A.) Thermal
B.) Earth’s
C.) Plant’s
D.) Volcanic

7. Question 5
The role of Mid-latitude Synoptic Weather systems is to _____________________________?
A.) Remove temperature and conduction gradients by advecting warm air poleward and cool air equatorward.
B.) Remove temperature and pressure gradients by advecting warm air poleward and cool air equatorward.
C.) None of these
D.) Both A and B

8. Question 6
One way the sun affects weather patterns is through ________________________ patterns?
A.) Water
B.) Coriolis
C.) Pressure Gradient
D.) Wind

9. Question 7 (Double Shot)
Not all of the Earth’s surfaces __________________________ or ___________________________ heat energy at the same rate. Land heats up and cools down more quickly than water does. One reason is due to the sensible heating of water.
A.) Re-Directs, Absorbs
B.) Absorbs, Scatters
C.) Absorbs, Backscatters
D.) Absorbs, Radiates

10. Question 8 (Triple Shot)
_______________________ currents develop within the Earth’s Atmosphere due to temperature and pressure differences. ___________________ currents also develop due to Earth’s unequal heating?
A.) Water
B.) Fire
C.) Jet Stream
D.) Wind

11. Question 9
_______________ breezes and ________________breezes occur due to the temperature fluxuations of land and the oceans?
A.) Land, Sea
B.) Sea, Lakes
C.) Lakes, Oceans
D.) None of these

12. Question 10
Transfer of heat energy in a fluid, gas or liquid is called __________________________?
A.) Conduction
B.) Convection
C.) Radiation
D.) None of these

13. Question 11
The transfer of heat energy through empty space is called ________________________?
A.) Conduction
B.) Covection
C.) Radiation
D.) None of these

14. Question 12
Temperature and Pressure gradients are continuously removed through the interaction of upper-level waves in the _________________________with large-scale high and low pressure systems near the surface.
A.) Wind
B.) Water
C.) Coriolis
D.) Jet Stream

15. Question 14 (Triple Shot)
If an air parcel is warmer than the surrounding air, warm air is surrounded by cold air, The warm air parcel will ____________________________?
A.) sink, this is because the surrounding air is cooler. This process is aiding in global heat balance.
B.) rise, this is because the surrounding air is cooler. This process is aiding in global heat balance.
C.) remain the same. This process is aiding in global heat balance.
D.) None of these

16. Question 15 (Double Shot)
The Earth absorbs roughly _____________ percent energy from the suns radiation?
A.) 65%
B.) 100%
C.) 50%
D.) 10%

17. Question 16
Warmer air is ___________ dense than cooler air, and cooler air is _________________ dense than warm air. One cause is because warm air has more water vapor than cooler air, and cooler air has more oxygen than warmer air.
A.) More, Less
B.) Less, More
C.) More, More
D.) Less, Less

18. Question 17
The Water cycle describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth. Water can be in the forms of __________________________?
A.) Solid, Liquid, Gas
B.) Solid, Liquid, Evaporation
C.) Solid, Liquid, Condensation
D.) None of these

19. Question 18
The changing of a liquid into a gas, often under the influence of heat is called _____________________?
A.) Evaporation
B.) Condensation
C.) Precipitation
D.) Transpiration

20. Question 19
_____________________is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity?
A.) Evaporation
B.) Transpiration
C.) Sublimation
D.) Precipitation

21. Question 20
_______________________is the change of the physical state of matter from a gas phase into liquid phase (Clouds forming from water vapor).
A.) Sublimation
B.) Evaporation
C.) Transpiration
D.) Condensation

22. Question 21 (Double Shot)
____________________________ is the flow of water that occurs when excess water from rain, melt water, or other sources flows over the earth's surface. This might occur because soil is saturated to full capacity, or because rain arrives more quickly than soil can absorb it.
A.) Surface Storage
B.) Surface Lakes
C.) Surface Streams
D.) Surface Runoff

23. Question 22
________________________is the water located beneath the earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.
A.) Groundwater
B.) Surface Runoff
C.) Percolation
D.) Evaporation

24. Question 23
___________________________is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as from leaves but also from stems and flowers.
A.) Transpiration
B.) Evaporation
C.) Evapo-condensation
D.) None of these

25. Question 24 (Triple Shot)
The sun’s heat causes water on Earth’s surface to change from a ________________ to a _____________________ form. The evaporated water then rises into the air. The higher the air mass gets, the cooler the air temperature becomes.
A.) Solid, Liquid
B.) Liquid, Gas
C.) Gas, Liquid
D.) Solid, Gas

26. Question 25
Eventually, the water vapor begins to ______________________ into tiny droplets that form clouds in the sky. When the liquid droplets become heavy enough (fall through the updraft),they fall back to Earth as liquid or solid particles. This is called precipitation.
A.) Evaporate
B.) Transpirate
C.) Condense
D.) Evapo-Tanspirate

27. Question 26
_____________________ is the measure of the amount of water in the air. The ___________________________ is the point at which the temperature of the air and the humidity allow the formation of water droplets. When precipitation occurs, the _________________________ is 100% and the ____________________ temperature has been reached?
A.) Humidity, Temperature
B.) Humidity, Air
C.) Humidity, Dew point
D.) Dew point, Humidity

28. Question 27
The movement of water through the water cycle causes _________________________ patterns such as cloud formation and precipitation?
A.) Air
B.) Wind
C.) Weather
D.) None of these

29. Question 28
Large bodies of water, such as oceans and lakes, feed the atmosphere with ______________________ water.  As the water vapor rises, clouds form and become heavy with precipitation.
A.) Condensed
B.) Transpirated
C.) Evaporated
D.) Precipitated

30. Question 29
Air currents move clouds over land, where they eventually drop the water as _________________________. Areas like the Pacific Northwest and areas around the Great Lakes receive a lot of precipitation due to the water cycle. 
A.) Evaporation
B.) Transpiration
C.) Condensation
D.) Precipitation

31. Question 30
___________________________ is caused by differences in temperature and density fluxuations within the Earth’s atmosphere?
A.) Water
B.) Pollution
C.) Fires
D.) Wind

32. Question 31
The change in pressure measured across a given surface is called______________________________? Also ___________________ is air moving for areas of higher pressure to areas of lower pressure
A.) Coriolis Force
B.) Temperature Gadient force
C.) Pressure Gradient Force
D.) Centrifugal Force

33. Question 32 (Double Shot)
Warm air is ______________ dense than cooler air (Low Pressure). When the sun’s energy warms air, the warm air rises and the air pressure drops.
Cooler air is ____________ dense than warm air and therefore sinks (High Pressure). Air moves (advection) across Earth’s surface between areas of warm rising air and cool sinking air. Moving air is wind.
A.) More, Less
B.) Less, More
C.) More, More
D.) None of these

34. Question 33 A.) Lower, Lower B.) Higher, Higher C.) Lower, Higher
Air always tries to flow down the pressure gradient from regions of __________________ pressure toward regions of _______________________ pressure → the pressure gradient force.
A.) Lower, Lower
B.) Higher, Higher
C.) Lower, Higher
D.) Higher, Lower

35. Question 34 (Triple Shot)
An apparent force due to Earth’s rotating reference frame is called___________________? ______________ force causes storms to spin in a counter clockwise (cyclonic) flow (low pressure system)?
A.) Pressure Gradient Force
B.) Apparent
C.) Coriolis
D.) Centrifugal

36. Question 35
_________________ plays an important role in steering and intensifying/weakening surface highs and low pressure systems?
A.) Jet Stream
B.) The Pressure Gradient Force
C.) Heat
D.) None of these

37. Question 36
_____________________________ are prevailing winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. They originate from the high-pressure areas in the horse latitudes and tend towards the poles and steer extra-tropical cyclones in this general manner.
A.) Polar Easterlies
B.) Polar Westerlies
C.) Prevailing Westerlies
D.) Trade Winds

38. Question 37
_______________________ are the dry, cold prevailing winds that blow from the high-pressure areas of the ________________________ highs at the north and south poles towards low-pressure areas within the westerlies at high latitudes.
A.) Polar Easterlies
B.) Prevailing Westerlies
C.) Doldrums
D.) Trade Winds

39. Question 38
An equatorial region of the Atlantic Ocean with calm, sudden storms, and light unpredictable winds is called__________________________?
A.) Horse Latitudes
B.) Trade Winds
C.) Doldrums
D.) None of these

40. Question 39
A belt of calm air and sea occurring in both the northern and southern hemispheres between the trade winds and the westerlies is called _____________________?
A.) Doldrums
B.) Trade Winds
C.) Horse Latitudes
D.) Prevailing Westerlies

41. Question 40 ( double shot)
_____________ Currents develop due to air moving from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure. This is also called the ________________ force?
A.) Wind, Coriolis
B.) Wind, Pressure Gradient
C.) Volcanic, Coriolis
D.) Water, Coriolis

42. Answers
1.) A
2.) D
3.) A
4.) A
5.) B
6.) D
7.) D
8.) D
9.) A
10.) B

43. Answers 11.) C 12.) D 13.)None 14.) A 15.) C 16.) B 17.) A 18.) A

44. Answers 21.) D 22.) A 23.) A 24.) B 25.) C 26.) C 27.) C 28.) C 29.) D

45. Answers 31.) C 32.) B 33.) D 34.) C 35.) A 36.) C 37.) A 38.) C 39.) C